Ohio State's Myers Signs Contract Extension Through 2018

Nick Myers, who recently completed his fifth year as Ohio State
men's lacrosse coach, has accepted a five-year contract extension
with the term running through 2018, Gene Smith, associate vice
president and director of athletics at Ohio State, announced
Friday.

Myers led the 2013 Buckeye squad to one of the best seasons in
program history, as the team won the ECAC Tournament, earned the
No. 3 seed and a first-round home game in the NCAA tournament and
became just the second Buckeye squad to reach the NCAA
quarterfinals, where it lost to Cornell. The team ended the year
with 13-4 record, the most wins for the program since 1978.

"Coach Myers and his staff have the lacrosse program on the
right path and we look for the squad to continue to improve upon
that success moving forward," Smith said. "He is the right coach to
lead our program into a new era as lacrosse joins the Big Ten
Conference in 2015."

Big Ten play begins in 2015 with Johns Hopkins, Maryland,
Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers in the men's league.
The programs have 92 NCAA tournament appearances between them. Ohio
State is heading the Big Ten from the ECAC, in which it will play
its final season in spring 2014.

In his first five years as the Buckeyes' head coach, Myers has
posted a 44-35 ledger overall and an 18-13 conference record, with
the squad earning a berth each year a conference tournament was
held.

Under the tutelage of Myers, members of the men's lacrosse
program have gathered nine USILA All-America honors, 21
all-conference nods and five conference player of the year
accolades.

"I am thrilled Gene Smith and Heather Lyke believe in what we
are building as a program and that we share the same vision for the
future of Buckeye lacrosse," Myers, who spent three years as the
top assistant for Ohio State before being named head coach in July
2008, said.

"I would like to thank our coaching staff, alumni, friends and
the men who have dedicated themselves to make this program what it
is today," Myers said.

"It is an exciting time to be a Buckeye and a part of The Ohio
State University as we enter the Big Ten Conference and take on the
new challenges that lie ahead."